Tyler Mylin grew up in Wabash, IN as part of a farming community.  He spent his childhood watching his friends and family working day and night in farm fields.  He saw first hand how much tireless work goes into every aspect of farm life.  As an adult Tyler entered the world of technology getting a degree in computer science from Taylor University in Upland, IN.  Upon graduation he worked for a number of IT firms such as EnerDel, The Brookfield Group, and DMI.  He quickly advanced in placement within each firm, all the while remembering his agricultural roots.  He had a dream of one day taking everything he learned from school and his employers to help the people he grew up watching in the fields.

In December 2018 Tyler became the founder and CEO of Dronescape based out of Carmel, IN.  Dronescape is a company that uses drones to help farmers better monitor and maintain their fields.  Dronescape’s website states that their mission is “to empower and enable hard-working agriculture businesses, both large and small.  By leveraging paradigm-shifting drone technology, we’re able to help speed up diagnosis and application, conserve money and resources by vastly reducing waste, and provide growers more control and decision-making data than ever before.” 

Their drones are equipped with cameras that can collect detailed data on fields.  This data collected manually could waste valuable time and still be inaccurate.  The drones allow the farmers to better determine what types of chemicals to use, and where they need to be applied.  The drones also have spray tanks to efficiently spray whatever chemicals are needed.  But because of the data collected the drones can concentrate chemical applications on just the areas needed, further saving time and money.

Dronscapes was recently contracted by Wilson Farms Market in Arcadia, IN. Owners Bill and Judy Wilson have been proudly serving the area for 40 years, and hope to do so many more years.  Now with the help of Dronescapes they will be able to better work their land and provide their customers tomatoes, green beans, peppers, potatoes, strawberries, raspberries, sweet corn, and more.  Greg Wilson and his family, who like many farmers work within already thin margins, hope that using drones will help them in the long run

Greg said about Tyler’s service, “It could be a game changer.  I mean, everything is about cost.  Being able to go out there and just spray the areas that need attention instead of the whole field, it’s pretty cost effective I think.”  Tyler firmly believes that technology can always be used to solve a problem,  He saw a problem of how inefficient chemical applications for farmers could be and sought out a way to solve it.  He said, “I believe drones are just the beginning of the technology revolution for the agriculture industry. It is both a joy and a privilege to serve families and farming communities with this amazing new paradigm of drone technology and data at our disposal.”

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